Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 18, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he “celebrates” the end of the truckers strike but said that the decision to eliminate minimum freight rates “still stands,” according to a press release on the...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 18, 2011 | News
Colombian army General Alfredo Bocanegra died in a helicopter crash close to Bucumaranga Friday morning, reports newspaper El Tiempo. The Ranger helicopter carrying General Alfredo Bocanegro, reportedly one of the most prominent...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 18, 2011 | Economy
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced incentives for businesses to help create jobs in a “disturbing” employment environment, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Santos said that the government is determined to...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 18, 2011 | News
The commander of Colombia’s armed forces, Admiral Edgar Cely, has asked the Colombian people to have “patience” with the inevitable capture of FARC leader Guillerno Leon Saenz, alias...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 17, 2011 | News
Demobilized paramilitaries testify about the details of two massacres in Mapiripan before the Justice and Peace Unit of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office. The former militia members said that the paramilitaries...
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